April

I told the people at the interview that I was flexible.  I really am... mostly.  Truth is that I also like some order to my life.  Everything does not need to be neat and tidy, but I do appreciate some order.  It seems I am still learning flexibility, and working to translate it into new opportunities.  I am the master (mistress?) of putting the best spin on things.  Still, from time to time, I need to sit and breathe, maybe just consider the very next thing... even call to fit in a haircut between clients.

When I flipped the calendar

To April,

I found eight cross-outs

Already.

The exchange student arrives

A week earlier than I thought.

He will stay for two weeks

Not ten days.

I work my way

Into a hospitable  

Frame of mind.

My Tuesday evening client has moved

To Thursday.

The more leisurely drive

To Minnesota

On the First of May

Has moved to the less leisurely Second.

I still wait to hear about a possible job.

I take a deep breath

And another one.

I rearrange the month around

Cross-outs

Write-ins

What-ifs.                                 

I continue to work out

Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I breathe in.

I breathe out.

I hold what is next

In front of me.

I call to get a haircut

Between clients today.

I breathe in.

I breathe out.